Leander burns



LEANDER BURNS, or PORT CHESTER. NEW YORK. l

l upper dies.

To allwhlom itmay concern: A l

Be it known that I, LEANDER BURNS, of Port. Ghe`stcr,in the countyof Westchester and State of i New York, have invented a l1ev."and useful Improvement in Diesfor Forging Ga-niage-Steps; and I do' `Letters Patent No; 103,296, dated May 24, 1870.

The .Schedule referred to in these Lettere atent and making part of the same.

hereby declare that the following; is a full, clear',` and exact description thereof', `which will"enahle others skilled in the art tomake and `use the same, reference being had to t-he accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

. Figure 1 represents a face view of `the lower and l is a vert-ical:cross-section1 of the dies, taken through the line x ai, iig. 1, and showing the step-shank iuplace after the first operation. `ligure 3 is a vertical cross-section of the dies,

Figure 2 taken` through theline yy, fig. 1, and showing the.

step-shank in place after the second operation.

Figure 41s a vertical.cross-section of the dies,

taken "through the 'ilinez z,.ig. 1, and showing the v step inplace for welding the step-plate to the shank. `Figure 5 isa perspective view of thel completed step,` the shank being Vbroken away.

` Similar, letters ot' reference indicate,- corresponding par ts..

The invention relates tofand consists. in dies for making carriage-steps, as hereinafter more particularly described. i i

A is 'the lower, and B is Ythe upper die,'across the face of which is thrilled a groove, al b, of the propersize and shape toform the body of' -the shank 0,;as

shown in fig. 2.

In the die A is formed a` groove or recess, a", to shpe the'cnd o1 of the shank G, that passes beneath .the step-plate D, and in the upper die B is formed a recess, b2, to form the shoulder c that overlaps the upper side of the step-plate D.

After the' shank Q-is removed from the die or.2 b2,

the shoulder c2 is slit with a. chisel, or other suitable ,l

-tool, to receive the edge of the step-plate D, as shown in fig. 4.'

Y The shank O,- witb the'step-plate D- in place, is

then placed in the groove a. of the die A, and, by the action of the flat partl* ofthe die B, the shank C and step-plate D are firmly Welded together, leaving i l the upper side of the step smooth, as shown in Iig. 5. The step-plate D is cut out ofv a plate or bar of suitable size and thickness, by means of Aa press or other suitable machine.

In this way, a neat, strong-and substantial carriagestep is quickly and cheaply formed.

Having thus described myinvention, 1

Patent- -Ivclaim as new Vand desire to secure by Let-ters The serie-s of dies A a a2 a3 and B b1 b2 b, con- .v structed and operating substantially as herein shown` and described, for the purpose of forging carriagesteps, as set forth.

LEANDER BURNS;

W'itnesses: V WM. H. GREEMER,

F. N. WILcox, B. K. TOMPKINs. 

